Looking for a value mobo - 2700x + 2x m.2 (pcie 3.0x4) slots

[Kalabalana]

Hey everyone, does anyone have any recommendations for a motherboard that has two m.2 pcie 3.0 x4 slots?
I got one slot filled, and I'd like to possibly have another down the line.
I plan to purchase a 2700x, 16GB 3200 cl14 RAM, use my gtx 1080, and get a mobo with room for two m.2 drives (just got a 970 evo)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am not planning to overclock, I just want a solid rig for gaming and 4k decoding

I was thinking this motherboard might do what I need.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119140
Also, if anyone has any stories about this T-Force brand for RAM, I would appreciate the head's up!
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313771&ignorebbr=1

I'm looking at the QVL for the above motherboard, and this RAM is not on the list, should I avoid it? Also do I need CL14 DDR 3200 RAM? Or would 16 be fine?

 

[cyberguyz]

There are no Ryzen (exc -X399) boards that support 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4. The one you linked has 2x M.2 PCIe 2.0 x4 slots.

That is the downside of the non-HEDT AMD solutions andf the #1 reason I went to the Ryzen Threadripper (I ran 3x M.2 PCIe 3.0 drives - one recently burned itself out, will be replaced eventually)

 

[Kalabalana]

There are no Ryzen (exc -X399) boards that support 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4. The one you linked has 2x M.2 PCIe 2.0 x4 slots.

That is the downside of the non-HEDT AMD solutions andf the #1 reason I went to the Ryzen Threadripper (I ran 3x M.2 PCIe 3.0 drives - one recently burned itself out, will be replaced eventually)

Thank you for your response

 

[Ebernanut]

There are no Ryzen (exc -X399) boards that support 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4. The one you linked has 2x M.2 PCIe 2.0 x4 slots.

That is the downside of the non-HEDT AMD solutions andf the #1 reason I went to the Ryzen Threadripper (I ran 3x M.2 PCIe 3.0 drives - one recently burned itself out, will be replaced eventually)

Some x470 boards support PCIe 3.0 4x on both M2 slots(like the Crosshair 7) but they do so by stealing lanes from the GPU slots, for instance on the C7H if you use the second M2 slot the top GPU slot is limited to 8x and the bottom one is limited to 4x. Every board seems to handle the M2 slot configuration differently.

I do agree that the lack of PCIe lanes is the biggest drawback on lower end AMD, in fact it's about the only reason I even considered Threadripper but I'm done with mulit-GPU setups and RAID for right now so I decided it makes more sense to just replace the NVME drive with something bigger if I need more space.

 

[kirbyrj]

Hey everyone, does anyone have any recommendations for a motherboard that has two m.2 pcie 3.0 x4 slots?
I got one slot filled, and I'd like to possibly have another down the line.
I plan to purchase a 2700x, 16GB 3200 cl14 RAM, use my gtx 1080, and get a mobo with room for two m.2 drives (just got a 970 evo)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am not planning to overclock, I just want a solid rig for gaming and 4k decoding

I was thinking this motherboard might do what I need.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119140
Also, if anyone has any stories about this T-Force brand for RAM, I would appreciate the head's up!
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313771&ignorebbr=1

I'm looking at the QVL for the above motherboard, and this RAM is not on the list, should I avoid it? Also do I need CL14 DDR 3200 RAM? Or would 16 be fine?

I think I responded in your other thread also. I have the B350-F version of that board and it was a great board for me (at least compared to the B350 Prime 1st release board). If I was on a budget, I would buy that board.

My personal opinion is that the QVL has become less relevant with later bios revisions with Ryzen. My B350-F board was given to my brother and he runs it with a 1600x and T-force 3000mhz RAM at 2933mhz. I think that newer bios revisions would probably allow it to run at 3000mhz with the XMP profile loaded, but I haven't updated it in a while for him.

 

[tom_ozahoski]

Hey everyone, does anyone have any recommendations for a motherboard that has two m.2 pcie 3.0 x4 slots?
I got one slot filled, and I'd like to possibly have another down the line.
I plan to purchase a 2700x, 16GB 3200 cl14 RAM, use my gtx 1080, and get a mobo with room for two m.2 drives (just got a 970 evo)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am not planning to overclock, I just want a solid rig for gaming and 4k decoding

I was thinking this motherboard might do what I need.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119140
Also, if anyone has any stories about this T-Force brand for RAM, I would appreciate the head's up!
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313771&ignorebbr=1

I'm looking at the QVL for the above motherboard, and this RAM is not on the list, should I avoid it? Also do I need CL14 DDR 3200 RAM? Or would 16 be fine?

I have that board with a Ryzen 2600 and that RAM, They play well together and Yes it does have 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 slots. If you populate both the primary PCIe 3.0 x16 slot runs in 8x mode.